October 15, 2011

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Humankind is Both Art & Science (1 of 6)

by Peter Skillen

Humankind is Both Art and Science

The Art and Science of Learning Disabilities

“It is not enough to judge humankind on scientific principles which historically have often been temporary truths. Schooling must respect the art of human-ness and so we should design natural learning environments to maximize our children’s innate assets.”

Humankind is Both Art & Science

This series of posts is based on the TEDx talk given on Oct. 1, 2011 at TEDxYMCAAcademy – The Art & Science of Learning Disabilities:

The problem is, we, in all our humanity, experience the world in ways well beyond that.

Science, as Lehrer reminds us, does not account for how we experience the world.

That’s where art comes in — Art is the expression of our experience.

Each and every one of us experiences the world differently. We have, in fact, different realities – different truths.

Each and every one of us experiences the world differently. We have, in fact, different realities – different truths.

Neuroscience tells us this too.

We, humankind, are made of both art and science.

Artists Predicted the Neuroscience

“PROUST WAS A NEUROSCIENTIST”

Check out this book for a great discussion on this! Jonah Lehrer’s book Proust Was a Neuroscientist. (! Walt Whitman, George Eliot, famous chef Auguste Escoffier, Marcel Proust, Stravinsky & Cezanne – Names on slide)

Now, just because I question science does not mean that I am here to knock science! On the contrary, I merely wish to question it!

In fact, how scientific of me! :-)

I’m pretty excited about the neuroscience and neuroplasticity research.